49 results about "Prolonged sitting" patented technology

a reclining bed that raises the upper body and legs above horizontal, but also allows the legs to recline below, the horizontal position. The resulting ergonomic benefits of sitting up for extended periods of time makes the desk specifically designed for such a bed a necessity.

A rehabilitation training and exercise chair where the user can sit comfortably for long periods of time is provided. The chair is comprised of a base having wheels and is coupled to a shaft on one end. The shaft is coupled to a seat on its top end. The seat has an adjustable inclination so the correct ergonomics may be realized for the pelvis and lower spine. A front support bar with an adjustable length is connected to the seat and can be pivoted back or forward. The front support bar has a cushioned front support which rests against a user's abdomen. Furthermore, abductor and adductor extensions are attached to the seat, and foot extensions attached to the base for isometric exercises.

A pad for supporting a thigh of a person sitting on a seat in a position that alleviates pressure applied to the lower surface of the thigh and thus for improving blood circulation through the leg without numbness or similar phenomena associated with long-time sitting. The pad is made in the form of a soft deformable body filled, e.g., with a silicone gel. The pad has a flat rectangular bottom surface and curvilinear lateral sides. In the plane perpendicular to the bottom, the pad has a triangular cross-section with heights of the triangles gradually reduced from one end face of the pad to the opposite end face of the pad so that the ridge that connects the apexes of the triangular cross-sections from one end face to the other is inclined with respect to the flat bottom.

A chair that has movable thigh levers to permit a shifting of body weight when seated and thereby relieve spinal discomfort and pressure points experienced when seated for long periods. A lever support rocker is provided to coordinate movement of the thigh levers. Downward pressure exerted by a user's thigh to lower a first thigh activated lever causes a rocking movement of the lever support rocker which results in an upwardly movement of a second thigh activated lever.

A portable harness that wraps around the rib cage and thoracic spine is disclosed. Unlike other harnesses, the present invention has an extension allowing it to be suspended above the user's ribcage to apply an upward pull. This suspension strap provides a distracting/unloading force on the lower back by holding the upper torso in place while the weight of a patient's lower body creates traction on the lumbar spine. The harness can be used with any chair back, including office chairs, or vehicle seats. This allows people with lower back pain to sit more comfortably while sitting in a regular chair, driving a car, or flying in a plane. This will decrease low back pain since sitting for long periods will no longer compress the lumbar spine, it will actually be therapeutic by allowing a person to sit in an unloaded position.

A resilient lower-back supporting device capable of vertical adjustment along with a backrest of a chair includes a resilient supporting unit pivotally connected between a lower end of the height-adjustable backrest and a supporting element. Configured for resilient extension and retraction, the resilient supporting unit includes an outer supporting rod and an inner supporting rod inserted therein. The two supporting rods are pulled toward each other by a spring provided therebetween. Besides, a spring is provided at an outer end of each supporting rod to bias the resilient supporting unit and the backrest toward a predetermined direction. With the backrest being vertically adjustable, and with the resilient support provided by a lower-back supporting portion at the lower end of the backrest, people of different heights are ergonomically supported especially on the lower back while sitting in the chair and are protected from back pain attributable to a prolonged sitting posture.

A support comprising a first pillow having a first pillow body comprising a first arm and a second arm, a second pillow comprising a third arm and a fourth arm, the first and third arms being attached to a first joint, and the second and forth arms being attached to a second joint wherein the first and second pillows can be rotated about the joints and optionally the joints are extendable to allow the relative angle and separation of the pillows to be varied. The support provides a user with myriad options for positioning the pillows and supporting their upper body, particularly during long periods of sitting upright, such as during travel in an aircraft or bus.

A chair timer is disclosed adapted to aid a user seated in a chair equipped with such a chair timer in the reduction of serious health issues associated with prolonged sitting, and crowd management and/or seating management. In various embodiments associated systems and methods of the chair timer are included. In one embodiment, the chair timer includes a sensor to detect movement, a microcontroller to communicate with one or more sensors and other components of the chair timer, a power supply, a switch to control the time and other settings, an alert device by which the user is altered to the passage of a certain amount of time, and additional user-operable control settings and switches by which the device is controlled, and by which control may be accessed and controlled via a website, smart phone, PDA, or the like, through wired or wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, WiFi, or the like.

A mobile body unweighted sit and stand chair assembly prevents repetitive stress from sitting, standing, and lifting objects for long periods. The assembly provides a vertically, rotatably, and pivotally adjustable seat, a restrictive support padding that rotates from a support bracket to selectively support the spine or the pelvis, and a frame for structural integrity, mobility, and steering. The seat supports the buttocks and the ischium region of the pelvis, tilting forward up to 35 degrees to abut the pelvis against the support padding. This forward position maintains the spine in a straight posture and forces open posterior intervertebral disc space. The seat is supported by an adjustable rod that supports the weight of user while sitting, walking, kneeling, or lifting. A frame includes wheels that enable mobility and a brake. A first bracket enables feet to steer for hands-free maneuverability. A second bracket provides balance during kneeling and lifting.

A chair for taking care of spine health in order to prevent the deformity of juvanile' spine and the cervical spondylopathy and lumbar spondylopathy is composed of a height adjustable leg frame, sitting plate, back with adjustable physiological spinal curvature, and detachable protecting wings. An inclination between back and sitting plate is 95 deg.

The invention discloses a seat assembly with an adjustable side bolster actuator. The seat assembly structurally comprises a seat cushion, a gas soft cushion device, a back massaging device and a backcushion. The seat cushion is connected with the back cushion. The back massaging device is arranged in the back cushion. The gas soft cushion device is installed in an inner cavity of the seat cushion. Under the combined action of a compression inflation mechanism, a starting mechanism, a soft cushion device, a gas conveying device, a manual drive device, a massaging mechanism and a transmissiondevice, the hips do not hurt after a person sits for a long time due to the arrangement of an inflation soft cushion, the back of the human body is cyclically massaged, blood circulation is promoted,and fatigue and discomfort are alleviated.

The invention relates to a sitting position correcting chair which is capable of keeping the waist and the back straight and upright after being used, and can avoid the phenomenon of humpback when people sit for a long time. The sitting position correcting chair comprises support legs, a seat part fixed on the support legs, and a backrest, wherein the longitudinal depth of the seat part is more than the distance between the center of the chest and the back of a human body and is less than or equal to the thickness of an upper body of the human body, a convex part protruding in a forward arc manner is arranged at the position, which corresponds to the position of the waist of the human body, of the backrest, and the protruding height of the convex part is equal to or more than 1/2 the distance between the center the chest of and the back of the human body. The longitudinal depth of the seat part is shorter than that of a conventional seat part, when people sit on the seat part, the legs cannot be pressed, and thus the sitting position correcting chair is capable of keeping blood vessels smooth without causing anoxia of muscles of leg deficiencies; the convex part supports against the back of the human body, so that the back of the human body is required to be straightened; the spine is kept be naturally bent by attention focusing of people, meanwhile, the muscle is required to be properly tensioned, and thus the sitting position of the human body can be corrected according to the natural muscle tension of the human body.

The inventive device and methods disclosed herein allow an individual to create and sustain a differential stretch to the anterior muscles and ligaments of the torso, hips and legs. The device is comprised of a base frame, a vertical member secured to the base frame, a rotational lift lever secured to the vertical member at a vertical pivot member, a lower extremity elevation member secured to the rotational lift member, and at least one lower extremity attachment device secured to the lower extremity elevation member. In methods of use, the device is used to lift an individual's legs off of the ground, while the person is lying face down, so as to create a stretch in the anterior muscles, fascia, or ligaments. The device has various planes of rotation, which allows for differential stretching in the various quadrants of the person's torso. In addition, the device is adjustable in height as well as displacement along a track within the base to accommodate different body types.

The invention relates to a body building chair. The body building chair comprises a seat and a chair back, wherein a pedal device and a lifting device driving the pedal device to go up and down are arranged at the front end of the seat. The body building chair overcomes the defect that physical quality of people who sit for a long time is reduced as the existing chair stays still, and the body building chair can realize the purpose that people can exercise waist and legs while working and studying on the chair.

A chair for supporting a body of a user in a substantially upright position relative to a vertical-axis; the chair includes a frame, a chest-support, a seat and at least one knee-support. In a preferred embodiment, the chair includes a tray configured to hold items/tools such as dentist equipment. The chair is useful for supporting the body of the user who needs to be seated for a prolonged period of time, to prevent un-comfort associated with the same.

A seat pad is provided. The seat pad includes a base plate, a meddle plate, a foam layer, a cushion member, a fixation plate and a fixation screw. The fixation plate is disposed correspondingly above a meddle region of the meddle plate, the meddle plate is disposed on the cushion member, the cushion member is disposed on the base plate, the fixation screw is disposed through a through hole of the base plate at a meddle region of the base plate and screwed with the fixation plate, and the foam layer is attached on the meddle plate. Whereby, the seat pad is simple in structure and easy to assemble and can obviate pressure of one's hips, and one's blood circulation will not be hindered and uncomfortableness due to sitting for a long time can be obviated.

A system and method are provided for compensating for the drop in blood pressure upon standing. Upon transition from prolonged sitting, lying down, or standing position, the pacemaker abruptly increasing its pacing rate upon postural transition. This pacing rate is triggered when a patient stands after a prolonged reclined or supine/prone position.